Week in pictures: 2-8 Sept

Surfers took advantage of the high waves as Hurricane John approached Mexico's Baja California peninsula.

Seeing double. Artists Gilbert and George pose for photographs in London. The Tate Gallery has announced it will stage a retrospective of their work in February.

Actress and singer Cher is selling off the contents of her California home, ahead of a change of style.

Australian naturalist and animal-lover Steve Irwin died after being struck in the chest by a stingray's barb.

Volcanic gases billow behind those who have come to collect the offerings made by Hindus at the crater of Mount Bromo in East Java, Indonesia.

Chinese parents, anxious to register their sons and daughters at the best universities, accept temporary beds on the floor of Huazhong Normal University's gym.

Police clash with members of Bangladesh's main opposition party, the Awami League, during a march urging electoral reforms.

England's Simon Khan plays a shot at the 12th hole at Crans-Sur-Sierre Golf Club in Switzerland.

A suicide car bomber hit a US military convoy near the American embassy in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Friday.

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